This article was first published by The Standard. The British Museum has been warned there is a “medium risk” of unexploded Second World War bombs on its Bloomsbury site. It comes after the museum carried out a survey as it prepares to build a new energy centre which aims to deliver a more efficient heating system for the sprawling […]
This article was first published by the Heritage Fund. When the Heritage Fund launched its £10million pilot programme to make heritage relevant to young people in 2016, it had multiple aims. Most important among them: providing experiences of heritage for people aged 11–25 in a range of engaging and creative ways. It was crucial for […]
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This article was first published by EuroNews. Female artists take centre stage at Athens museum. Spanning the entirety of 2024, this ambitious project features solo exhibitions, special projects, and large-scale installations by women artists and those who identify as female. The next instalment of ‘What If Women Ruled the World?’, which commenced in December last […]
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The ICOM membership year runs from 1 January to 31 December, and if you join now you are still receiving amazing benefits, including: Further information on membership benefits, the cost of membership and joining instructions are here: […]
ICOM UK Student and Emerging Professionals Working Group is a project initiated from the meeting ‘Career challenges facing Students and Early Career Professionals’ in ICOM UK’s 2022 Working Internationally Conference ‘Cynefin: Museum Practice for Future Generations’, in which challenges and psychological discrepancies many students and emerging professionals face when they first enter the cultural sector. Since April 2022, we […]
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This article was first published by ArtForum. Fortress House, a new private contemporary art museum, is set to debut in Gibraltar in autumn 2025. The institution will be the first major art museum to open in the tiny British Overseas Territory, located at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula, and will house a collection of […]
This article was first published by ITV News. The first exhibition to go on tour by The National Archives has opened at a museum in Newcastle. The ‘Spirit of Invention: A world of creativity from Victorian Britain to the present day’ is available to visitors at the Discovery Museum. The collection is inspired by some […]
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The UK’s annual principal event for touring exhibitions and partnerships, ‘TEG Connects 2024’, takes place at the Coventry Transport Museum on Wednesday 17 April. An all-day in-person event, it provides key opportunities for learning, networking and collaboration. Get the latest in exhibitions and environmental standards from speakers such as Elise Foster Vander Elst, Head of […]
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The latest annual Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) members’ visitor figures have been released. The British Museum is back in pole position as the most visited site in the UK. Scotland had six of the 30 most visited attractions in the UK last year, compared with just five for the rest of the UK […]
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